The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1887-09-10
MYSTERIES OF A DAY.
NOTABLE EVENTS REFERRED
TON THE PAPERS.
A PUsta! Ia ;d-An Insurance Pro-
P">.t!0p - Making Postal Cards
Went Deer Hunting, etc, etc.

WAY ..as seized hUla OF the entire popu-
latlon. \ splendid Fata Morgana was
observed during three consecutive DAYS
On the wide plains around the village.
En"fnous divisions of infantry, with
scarlet caps, could he distinctly seen
moving in the plains and performing ex-
erci>es to the words Of command of a
c@ids~,:l chief, whose sword was seen
flashing in the air. The phenomenon
iast"'i several hours, and finally the
soldiers disappeared in milair. The
people stood awestruck III great crowds,
and observed every movement of the
phantom soldiers with breathlcss atten-
ton. Two CentiarmoS afterwards went
IN III" direction Of the scene of action to
see If any traces could be found, but of
course III vain. The phenomenon is be-
ileved II have been Il reflection of some
infantry divisions man9vering at some
miles distance.
ONCE over the bar 1T its entrance from
the Gulf, the Suwance River holds its
way with deep current, in places of
forty feet, far up through the forests of
the best hard pine in the State. 1t is
the PrE"lscot Of Florida. 1t has some
good lanI upon it where plantations
have heretofore been made. but after
while generally abandoned. The dark
river has, too, its romance, as being the
place which gave rise to the melody
which, Ike Home, Sweet Home" the
affection Of the heart will never let 90.
For 1t was here that Il French family in
the time If Louis XIV came over AMI
set..cj upon tie Suwanee and made
plantation. Aster while the father
and mother and al died save one dauCh-
ter, who, dishcartened and desola.e, re-
turned TO France, and there wrote,
adopting i'll part that negro dialect
which she had been familiar with on the
plantation i'll her girlhood, a feeling
tribute to 'the old folks at home" in
their graves in the iar-o:f country.
A CITIZEN Of Worth, Ga, has hoand
that would go deer hunting alone. So
he claimed the dog to q block of wood
Just large enough to keep him from run
ming. One day the dog could not he
found While searching for him his
master heard him bay some distance in
the woods. He went to the spot but the
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heard several hundred yards further on.
The dog harkel only two or three times.
When the owner arrived at where he
supposed the dog 10 be, he heard him
still further on. This was kept up for
some time, till finally the owner caught
up with him, saw the dog lay the block
on the ground, bark three times, take |
the block up in Its mouth again and |
move along on the trail. The dog was
trailing deer, and carried the block in |
ITS mouth, except when it paused to let |
It's master know where it was.
A New YORK merchant received an |
account sent 10y Cincinnati house in |
which there was an error of cents. |
Ike latter wrote about If. The postage |
on the letter WAS ~ cents, PAYABLE on
delivery. Indignant at such a payment,
and determined to punish the New York
merchant, the Cincinnati house inclosed |
him by mail a package containing
several old papers, on which the New
York merchant had to pay 81 postage.
The New York merchant returned by
mail package, the postage on which
cost the Cincinnati house 50. This was
continued To- the benefit of the Post
Office fund to the extent Of $50, when
The Cincinnati house sent by mail the
log book Of ship, for which the
New York merchant paid SIT in postage
md gave IL that he was beaten.
c. G. WooDwoRrH of Albany, head of
he concern that makes postal cards for
lie Government, says that at the factory
n Cast.eton, Pa, they manufacture
between two and three tons day the
ear round. The largest order they ever
ilieI for one city WIS 1000, 900 cards, or
bout twelve tons ofpapcr, for New York.
'hict Use about 6,0O0,000 cards